(05-26-2017, 01:25 AM)Justapakeha Wrote: I thought Fa might be 'ready' for a Fred Kassi level fighter this year. But then I thought about the word 'ready' - its rubbish. Fa has boxed for years. He should have been ready to dominate the 15th best Aussie heavyweight with a 11-11 record. I think he's plateaued, sorry to say. Someone needs a desire to perform brilliantly against a club fighter , but Labouring to a close decision was enough? What are they training these guys? The absolute bare minimum? Onetwo, Onetwo? There's more to boxing than onetwos and I don't think you find many coaches that understand that. Saying that, it's up to Fa to study the art of boxing and think about what he's doing. He hasn't got that, simply put. Neither has Parker IMO. David Nyika is the only guy who has that desire for elitism. No one else coming out of nz that shows that. Next big thing , Ricky Murphy lost to a club fighter. What's going on? Lack of basic skills and desire to improve? Baffling
Boxing training in this country in general is not very advanced
funny since you see people using that phrase "too much weights not enough speed work" all the damn time but we do have a very 1-2 approach to boxing here.
No educated jab, no footwork, no head movement, no inside game, no head-body combination punching
this describes most kiwi boxers, they look like they learned boxing from a magazine or something.
You can't blame the fighters though, its the coaches who need to step it up a gear.